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167 x 164 mm. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: '14th century nativity fresco in the very well preserved church of 'Stavros tou Ayiasmatou' (Diosmati) - Cross of the Holy water - at the village of Platanistasa on the Troodos mountain range'.

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Monochrome gravure postcards of Cyprus, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons. The postcards were originally stored in an accompanying envelope.

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171 x 113 mm. Woodburytype. A view looking along a rock-strewn mountain path on which stands Habib Kuri: 'my dragoman [interpreter] ... a trader of Nicosia ... who proved an honest and agreeable attendant, and spoke intelligible French ...' (Thomson 1879, vol.2, p.32). With the village of Module in the background.

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An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

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Water dam in the Troodos foothills.

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89 x 110 mm. Woodburytype. A half-length portrait of a seated man from the village of Prodromos: 'The villagers are a robust race, as may be gathered from the two following photographs, the first of which represents one of the chief people of the place, a man who deserves to be rendered famous for the kind manner in which he welcomes the stranger that may enter within his gates' (Thomson 1879, vol.2, p.36). This man acted as Thomson's guide to the summit of Mount Troodos.

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84 x 107 mm. Woodburytype. A posed portrait of a man from Prodromos: 'Another Highlander figures in the second plate - a tall, bony man of a most obligingly good-natured disposition. He, however, looked a bold, determined character, whose massive hands and muscular frame would stand him in good stead in carrying out any resolve for good or evil' (Thomson 1879, vol.2, p.36).

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207 x 163 mm. A view looking over a mountainous landscape with the village of Perapedi (probably Peripedhi) in the distance. In the foreground stands a house and an encampment of tents (probably military). Perapedi lies south of Mount Troödos.

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An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

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203 x 163 mm. A view looking across pine-covered slopes towards the summit of Mt Troödos, the ancient Mt Olympus and the summer seat of the Cyprus government.

Scope and Contents 180 x 116 mm. Autotype. A fine landscape photograph showing pines on the slopes of Mount Troodos, with a figure standing beside a felled tree in the foreground: 'Cyprus was anciently famed for the luxuriance of its forests ... This timber has now, alas! almost wholly disappeared, at any rate from the level ground... ; but pine forests may, nevertheless, still be found in the remoter regions to the eastward, as well as on the higher elevations north and south of Mesorea. Many of the...

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180 x 120 mm. Autotype. A view showing two Cypriots standing among the rocky scrubland at the summit of Mount Troodos.

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An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.